Articles | Volume 12, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1233-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1233-2021
Research article
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02 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 02 Jun 2021

Regional centroid moment tensor inversion of small to moderate earthquakes in the Alps using the dense AlpArray seismic network: challenges and seismotectonic insights

Gesa Maria Petersen, Simone Cesca, Sebastian Heimann, Peter Niemz, Torsten Dahm, Daniela Kühn, Jörn Kummerow, Thomas Plenefisch, and the AlpArray and AlpArray-Swath-D working groups

Data sets

ETOPO1 1 Arc-Minute Global Relief Model: Procedures, Data Sources and Analysis, NOAA Technical Memorandum NESDIS NGDC-24 C. Amante and B. Eakins https://doi.org/10.7289/V5C8276M

Time Domain Moment Tensor (TDMT) L. Scognamiglio, E. Tinti, and M. Quintiliani https://doi.org/10.13127/TDMT

European-Mediterranean Regional Centroid-Moment Tensors Catalog (RCMT) S. Pondrelli https://doi.org/10.13127/rcmt/euromed

CEA/DASE broad-band permanent network in metropolitan France RESIF https://doi.org/10.15778/RESIF.RD

RESIF-RLBP French Broad-band network, RESIF-RAP strong motion network and other seismic stations in metropolitan France RESIF https://doi.org/10.15778/RESIF.FR

Regional Seismic Network of North Western Italy University Of Genova https://doi.org/10.7914/SN/GU

Czech Regional Seismic Network Institute Of Geophysics https://doi.org/10.7914/SN/CZ

Trentino Seismic Network Geological Survey - Provincia Autonoma Di Trento https://doi.org/10.7914/SN/ST

GEOSCOPE, French Global Network of broad band seismic stations Institut De Physique Du Globe De Paris (IPGP) and Ecole Et Observatoire Des Sciences De La Terre De Strasbourg (EOST) https://doi.org/10.18715/GEOSCOPE.G

National Seismic Networks of Switzerland Swiss Seismological Service - SED - At ETH Zurich https://doi.org/10.7914/SN/GU

Austrian Seismic Network ZAMG - Zentralanstalt Für Meterologie Und Geodynamik https://doi.org/10.7914/SN/OE

Mediterranean Very Broadband Seismographic Network (MedNet) MedNet Project Partner Institutions https://doi.org/10.13127/SD/fBBBtDtd6q

Hungarian National Seismological Network Kövesligethy Radó Seismological Observatory - Geodetic And Geophysical Institute, Research Centre For Astronomy And Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy Of Sciences (MTA CSFK GGI KRSZO) https://doi.org/10.14470/UH028726

GEOFON Seismic Network GEOFON Data Centre https://doi.org/10.14470/TR560404

Rete Sismica Nazionale (RSN) INGV Seismological Data Centre https://doi.org/10.13127/SD/X0FXnH7QfY

BayernNetz Department Of Earth And Environmental Sciences, Geophysical Observatory, University Of Munchen https://doi.org/10.7914/SN/BW

SXNET Saxon Seismic Network Leipzig University https://doi.org/10.7914/SN/SX

North-East Italy Broadband Network OGS - Istituto Nazionale Di Oceanografia E Di Geofisica Sperimentale - and University Of Trieste https://doi.org/10.7914/SN/NI

Thüringer Seismologisches Netz (TSN) Jena https://doi.org/10.7914/SN/TH

North-East Italy Seismic Network OGS - Istituto Nazionale Di Oceanografia E Di Geofisica Sperimentale https://doi.org/10.7914/SN/OX

Model code and software

Grond - A probabilistic earthquake source inversion framework S. Heimann, M. Isken, D. Kühn, H. Sudhaus, A. Steinberg, H. Vasyura-Bathke, S. Daout, S. Cesca, and T. Dahm https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.2.1.2018.003

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Short summary
The Alpine mountains are known for a complex tectonic history. We shed light onto ongoing tectonic processes by studying rupture mechanisms of small to moderate earthquakes between 2016 and 2019 observed by the temporary AlpArray seismic network. The rupture processes of 75 earthquakes were analyzed, along with past earthquakes and deformation data. Our observations point at variations in the underlying tectonic processes and stress regimes across the Alps.